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Printing on Both Sides of a Page (Duplex Printing)

This section explains how to print on both sides of each page using the printer driver.

Types of duplex printing

You can select which way the bound pages open by specifying which edge to bind.

Orientation

Long Edge Bind(Open to Left/Top)

Short Edge Bind(Open to Top/Left)

Portrait

Illustration of duplex (open to left)

Illustration of duplex (open to top)

Landscape

Illustration of duplex (open to top)

Illustration of duplex (open to left)

Duplex printing precautions

  • The types of paper that can be printed on both sides are as follows:

    Plain (66 to 90 g/m2), Recycled, Special 1, Special 2, Middle Thick (91 to 128 g/m2), Thick 1(129 to 163 g/m2), Thin (56 to 65 g/m2), Color, Letterhead, Preprinted, Bond, Cardstock

  • If the document contains pages with different sizes, page breaks may occur.

  • When printing on both sides of paper shorter than A4Portrait fed from Tray 4, printing speed may be slower than when printing on paper of the same size fed from Tray 1, 2, or 3.

Note

  • For details about setting the duplex printing function using the PCL 6 printer driver or PostScript 3 printer driver for Windows, see Edit.

  • For details about setting the duplex printing function using the PCL 5c printer driver, see Setup.

  • For details about setting the duplex printing function using the PostScript 3 printer driver for Mac OS X, see Layout.

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